Touring again with Van Halen has David Lee Roth ruminating on bands that continue on without most of their original members — Guns n’ Roses, in particular. He compares the practice to staging a Broadway revival, in a new talk with Adam Carolla.

While Roth is back on the road with two of the three classic-era members of Van Halen, Rose is the only remaining original in Guns n’ Roses, which continues with keyboardist Dizzy Reed from the Use Your Illusion era and a group of newer additions.

“Clearly, Axl,” Roth quickly responds. “Clearly. Axl has found a whole new life. I also have questions. When somebody is labeled something and says, ‘well, what is Guns n’ Roses?’, for example. Is that a handful of faces? If you say the Magnificent Seven, don’t you need at least five of those? If you say Guns n’ Roses, well, I hear plural at the end of either one of those words. So I’m going to raise the question. Is it like ‘West Side Story?'”

Van Halen will headline Rock USA at Ford Festival Park, to be held this summer at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The July event also includes performances by Dokken, Jackyl and Ratt.

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